Top 10 Free ICT MFL Resources to engage Chinese Students

Type
Name
Website link
Chinese Staffroom Guide
Presentation software
Prezi
www.prezi.com
Podcasting
Podium– complete recording/publishing suite (not free)
Audacity – recording suite
Podomatic (publishing suite)
www.podiumpodcasting.com/
www.audacity.sourceforge.net/
www.podomatic.com/
Help articles: www.podomatic.com/help
http://www.thechinesestaffroom.com/articles/10-06-24/podcasting-chinese-classroom
Blogs/Wikis
Wordpress
Posterious
www.wordpress.org/
www.posterous.com
http://www.thechinesestaffroom.com/articles/11-05-16/blogging-chinese-classroom
Avatars
Voki
www.voki.com
www.thechinesestaffroom.com/resources/lesson-plans/11-04-18/using-free-ict-resource-voki-classroom-motivatating-pupils-improve-c
Word clouds
Tagxedo
www.tagxedo.com
www.thechinesestaffroom.com/resources/lesson-plans/10-06-28/using-word-clouds-your-classroom
Cartoons/ebook etc
Bubblr (Pinpampum)
Story Bird (Chinese characters being introduced Autumn 2011 – watch this space!)
www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
www.storybird.com
www.thechinesestaffroom.com/resources/lesson-plans/09-11-08/create-your-own-fun-photo-comic-strips-and-add-conversations-and-sub
www.teachertrainingvideos.com/storybird/index.html
Guide from Chinese Staffroom coming soon when Chinese character version is released
Sentence contruction
Word Magnets
www.triptico.co.uk
(you now need to download desktop app to get access)
www.thechinesestaffroom.com/resources/lesson-plans/09-11-05/word-magnets-excellent-free-tool-sentence-construction
Resources from SSAT Chinese Conference 2011






Reference:



SSAT Chinese Conference (2011). Top 10 Free ICT MFL Resources to engage Chinese students. Retrieved from http://prezi.com/wds8t3_tnvlk/top-10-free-ict-mfl-resources-to-engage-chinese-students/